Photo-a-Day  (Saturday, 9th March, 2024)

Very dramatic Mike. Fantastic photo.

This picture would win even a professional photographer competition! Please tell us about it ! Wow !!! What a picture!

That’s excellent photo Mike and will take some beating.

The man sitting here at the breakfast table said 'Whow, what a picture !'
& I will go along with that Mike....just stunning !

Proud photographer, too - with a fantastic shot such as this!

Fantastic photo.I don't know which looks the most fearsome,the storm or the swans protecting the cygnets.Well done

Well, that's certainly "different"! My ancient laptop is slower than me in the morning, (like when we used to have to wait for the telly to "warm up"!), and it unfolded the photo gradually from the top, and I thought I was looking at a book-cover for a horror story, with the dark, brooding background, until the swan family was eventually revealed. Their white wings look almost blue, reminding me of the "dolly blue" washing aid that we were talking about on p-a-d the other day; that's how it worked, giving whites a slight blue tinge. A very unusual photo, Mike. Thankyou.

Superb photo, Mike.
Would stand as an exemplar of most UK families, on low or average earnings today - irrespective of who you vote for. On your own in an uneasy background.

Beautful mum and dad and three Cygnets, hope mum gets a card for Mothers day tomorrow.
Cheers Mike.

Superb Mike.

Is that lightning in the background, very very good and how brave you are getting so close to the Swans.

I thought Dave Ogy was back, the photo is the quality of Dave who took many top photos on here.
Mike, it's stunning with the highest praises from me, thank you.
Pleeeaaassseee keep them coming.

A most unusual and dramatic picture Mike. You must have used a great technique to capture such an image. please tell us your secret?

Mike would I be correct in saying this pic is supper imposed...just asking because its the best of the best. The Cygnet are early this year.

Is the Great Dave Ogy back!
What a fantastic photo Mike, absolutely stunning photo, this is what PaD is all about.
More please.

Oh my word! That's breathtaking. Thank you.

The photo's stunning quality is something to be proud of.

Wow how good is that, Spring and November in one. Beautiful.

Very effective drama shot. Obvioulsy not the sky that was originally shot.

That’s excellent photo Mike and will take some beating.

A great capture of colours and perspective Mike, and how did you get so close to the brood ? This might sound daft but where is this ?, I can't place it. I wish my iphone, or the bloke using it, was capable of such a shot !!

Has somebody been watching 'Stranger Things', is that in the 'upside down' Wigan's alternate reality, where all the 'bad uns' live.

All credit due to you Mike it’s absolutely beautiful this photo. I was out early this morning but was too ‘gob smacked’ with awe to type my words in.
Ps since when did Dave Oy become Dave Ogy?
Wonderful photographer that he is.

It's two photos in one, but very good.

Award winning super imposed or not. Its fantastic you are to be applauded, Mike. A much welcoming change.

This is not a ‘photograph’, in the true sense of the word, it’s a work of art created from a shot out of a film with much technical enhancement. Photographically speaking, it’s out of focus.

The great Wigan Photographer is Dave (Oy) Green, a true professional.

This picture would win even a professional photographer competition! Please tell us about it ! Wow !!! What a picture!

I wonder if Sandra and Sue are twins, as they both called Dave Oy "Dave Ogy"? Or maybe triplets as perhaps they have ANOTHER name?

Thanks to everyone that commented on my photo. It was take at waddikers pond just of poolstock lane. Beside the new road. I often walk around these areas.with lots of photo opportunities with a mobile phone.

Mike Lavin

So that explains it then, it is not in the 'Upside Down' it is in Worsley Mesnes, which is worse than being in the 'Upside Down'

Whatever the technique, I think some unkind comments for such efforts.
I like it.

Stunning, absolutely Lovely, Mike. No other words.